So what you all think about pizza being a vegetable?Follow

The one with the kids eating the fast food?

You said low-income kids had their meals paid for. How is that different from now?

The main points of my post were as follows:

1. Parents were in charge of what their kids ate for lunch at school until the kids were older. If a parent did not want their kid to eat the fast food, then the kid wouldn't be allowed to have any(barring friends giving them some) because they didn't have the signed slip with the money. Note also, that this was 1 day per week, if the parents never fed their kids fast food, then that was one meal out of an optimal 21 meals/week. Basically, as much of the control of the child's diet rests with the parent as possible.

2. At older age there was no fast food in the school, if kids wanted to eat McDonalds or something like that, they'd have to go during lunch break and spend their money and time doing so. There was a cafeteria, and it cost money to eat from it, there were both healthy and unhealthy foods offered. Result: The control of the child's diet slowly passes from the parent to the child as the child gets older.

The food was usually sandwiches and stuff(I had to eat there sometimes) and maybe orange juice. Run in a classroom Paid for by the local school board, not actually a law(at the time, don't know what laws there are here now regarding that sort of thing) as far as I know. The whole thing probably cost less than $100/day.

It was... a joke.

If the local school board is paying for it, they can serve whatever they want. The standards mentioned in the OP only apply if the school district voluntarily applies to receive federal NSLP grant money and only applies to the subsidized meals themselves. If a school decides as a matter of practicality to have only one or two menus, that's up to them.

Getting worked up (not you specifically) over the idea that the government should actually say "Hey, here's the money you asked for and here's what you're allowed to spend it on" seems ridiculous, especially when you're getting hysterical over "liberty". Just don't ask for the money.


Edited, Nov 19th 2011 8:39am by Jophiel

My mistake, never heard of the saying before.

Go smoke some more weed and shut up.

My ex was like that. One of the many reasons he's my ex.

Don't forget the lard.

Fry it? I thought we wanted them to eat it, not whip it at cars.

Stoopid double.

Edited, Nov 19th 2011 1:35pm by Bijou

And, today, it's estimated that 25% of the population is too fat to join the military.

Well, Gbaji says that "nutrition" means to just shove them full of whatever the fuck we have laying around just so they don't die in the streets so he's probably right. Gbaji's always right when he's defining words for us in ways that make no sense on the surface, but I'm certain that it's just... obvious?

Edited, Nov 19th 2011 2:44pm by Jophiel

Hmm. Steak, or "vegetable" tonight for dinner?